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Stassart Jean
Here is a beautiful pair of juxtaposed rifles marked
Jean
Stassart and engraved by
Hyppolite
Corombelle. According to the happy owner,
the rifles are tested again in Austria for an extension of the chamber (from 65
to 70mm). They also passed to the Czechoslovak BE and were sold by the trader
Adolf Macha from Brno.
Markings
1kg195 :
weight of the barrel, since 1924
k:
annual letter for 1932
u under
star : countermark of a controller from 1877 to 1968.
lion on
PV: smoke-free powder proof from 1898 to 1968
ELG on
star in crowned oval : acceptance between 1893 and 1968
16-65 in
coated omega: nominal caliber and casing length since 1924
16/70:
new caliber
Bow and
arrow in a circle: this is a hallmark of acceptance of the Prague proofhouse for
imported weapons (period 1926-1940). Thank you to the happy owner!
32 :
1932
NPV:
hallmark of the Vienna proofhouse.
There
are also the letters IWR, which are actually a Viennese annual code: I for
September, W for 1, R for 3: which means that in 2013 the weapon passed for the
lengthening of the chamber to 70 mm. Thank you to the happy owner!
An
oval-shaped head and Poldi Anticorro steel Kladno JF:
one of the trademarks of the renowned gunner
Jean Falla,
registered in the belgian proofhouse from 1931 to 1933. Became
Jean Falla SA,
from 1933 to 1945. The business was taken over by his son
Jean François
Falla, who worked from 1945 to 1953.
I do not understand the signature "Jean
Stassart Rue Vivegnis 282 in Liège" whereas
in the "Who is who of the Liège armoury", it is included under the name "Riga-Stassart
Jean" arms manufacturer, registered in the
belgian proofhouse from 1908 to 1936. Its activities were taken over in 1936 by
...
Léon Stassart, rue de Herve in Grivegnée.
Jean
Riga-Stassart
was noted at 282 rue Vivegnis in Liège on 11 May 1888, then at 288 of the same
street in 1912, then again at 282 in 1933. It should be noted in passing that on
February 29, 1912, he filed patent 243829 for a bolt-on closure for tilting
guns.
Why and
when did he change his name? Mystery...
As for the engraver
Hyppolite
Corombelle, see
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/graveurs/a%20corombelle%20hyppolite.htm
GP with the help of HPH.
Fusil 1
Fusil 2
